Eight year old in a dye-free family wanted a “haunted train” themed birthday. And I lost a frosting fight with the birthday boy.
Used black cocoa for the dye and then a softer white buttercream to paint the scene on the top. Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream! No one was quite sure how to pull off a haunted train theme, but I had the cake down!
by holderofthebees
20 Comments
Throne-magician
What exactly is a dye-free family?
jmccleveland1986
Everyone dyes you know.
-kindergarten cop
ladyships-a-legend
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StrawHatVetTech
Was the cake for Indy from Bluey? 😂😂. In all seriousness, I love it!
teacherladydoll
I love that book. It’s so cute.
Homicidal-Lettuce
Dafuq is dye free? Is everything white?
Dontknowdontcare67
Wow that is blacker than any dye I have ever seen! I think it looks pretty haunted!
negiman4
Holy crap it’s the Phantom Train from FF6! Suplex that mfer!
Fit-Palpitation5441
Great job! We were a scent free family for 17 years and then my oldest son went and bought himself cologne … you can only hold them off for so long 🙂
Evangelynn
How did you get it so black?! I tried to make spider man waffles and could only get grey-ish lol.
pinetreesandcake
Did you end up using activated charcoal in the buttercream? Or dye?
Effective-Deer-5825
I love the colors!! Happy birthday to your little one! 🥳
Immediate_Leg3304
one question: can i eat the trees and train? /j
this looks so epic!!!
ladysnowbloos
Your makeup!!! 😍😍😍
miserablemizzy
So sweet!
BallSuspicious5772
Not sure why people are freaking out over the term “dye free” or the idea of it. The kid or someone in the family probably has allergies to artificial dyes if you’re using dye free. Not that hard to figure out 💀 fantastic work!!
Prestigious_Bar_4244
I love it
_uswisomwagmohotm_
Cute cake! The 8 year old will dodge a colorful bullet. I did a traditionally dyed black frosting for one of my sons cakes and the lil bugger pooped blue-green for a few days. He thought it was awesome. 😄.
pug_fugly_moe
Nice looking cake. And great outlook to boot.
ManyProfessional3324
Unrelated, but I absolutely love your hair color! It’s gorgeous!
20 Comments
What exactly is a dye-free family?
Everyone dyes you know.
-kindergarten cop
Post over at r/cakedecorating
Was the cake for Indy from Bluey? 😂😂. In all seriousness, I love it!
I love that book. It’s so cute.
Dafuq is dye free? Is everything white?
Wow that is blacker than any dye I have ever seen!
I think it looks pretty haunted!
Holy crap it’s the Phantom Train from FF6! Suplex that mfer!
Great job! We were a scent free family for 17 years and then my oldest son went and bought himself cologne … you can only hold them off for so long 🙂
How did you get it so black?! I tried to make spider man waffles and could only get grey-ish lol.
Did you end up using activated charcoal in the buttercream? Or dye?
I love the colors!! Happy birthday to your little one! 🥳
one question: can i eat the trees and train? /j
this looks so epic!!!
Your makeup!!! 😍😍😍
So sweet!
Not sure why people are freaking out over the term “dye free” or the idea of it. The kid or someone in the family probably has allergies to artificial dyes if you’re using dye free. Not that hard to figure out 💀 fantastic work!!
I love it
Cute cake! The 8 year old will dodge a colorful bullet. I did a traditionally dyed black frosting for one of my sons cakes and the lil bugger pooped blue-green for a few days. He thought it was awesome. 😄.
Nice looking cake. And great outlook to boot.
Unrelated, but I absolutely love your hair color! It’s gorgeous!